Col de Vars | |
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Col de Vars
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Elevation | 2,108 m (6,916 ft) |
Traversed by | D 902 |
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Location | Hautes-Alpes/Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France |
Range | Alps |
Col de Vars, elevation 2108 m (6916 ft) is a high mountain pass in the Alps between the departments of Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France.
It connects the Ubaye Valley with the Queyras valley and Embrun. The pass is open only from May to October.
It is traversed by highway D 902, which leads from Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye in the southeast to Vars and on to Guillestre in the northwest.
The pass has been included in the Tour de France 33 times.